On Tuesday 18 December, with an amended negotiating mandate, the Austrian Presidency of the Council will hold the new interinstitutional negotiating session on the proposal for a directive to limit the use of single-use plastic products in the EU - a real scourge on the oceans.
The ambassadors of the 28 EU Member States gave it this mandate on Friday 14 December “to allow a little flexibility from the Member States”, but “it is not certain that this trilogue will be the final...